Newbek Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Newbek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Newbek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Newbek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Newbek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Newbek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻮﺑﻚ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Newbek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Newbek occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Newbek live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Newbek is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 50 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 25 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 25 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Newbeck92129/
Nawbek831/
Nowbek831/
Nowbeck772/
Nevbeck771/
Newbick770/
Newbig671/
Nevbäck6211/
Nibbeck621/
Nevuex501/

Newbek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Newbek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻧﻮﺑﻚnwbk-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Newbek
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